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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

WINTER AS ARCHITECTURE LITERARY LION

CHEERS! to Robert Winter with admiration, affection and gratitude from your legions of Arts & Crafts aficionados over the years. Keep it up!

Robert Winter is a
venerable architectural historian, critic and writer, whose strong suits are
the Southern California Arts & Crafts renewal and continuation and Los
Angeles architecture in general.At 92,
he’s still going strong and just as opinionated as ever.

In
1965, he and co-author the late David Gebhard compiled “Architectural Guidebook
to Los Angeles” (now into its 5th edition).Lately, Winter has been “in the works” with
co-author and fellow LA guide maven Bob Inman for a sixth edition.

Another
seminal triumph by Winter is “Craftsman Bungalow.” Now in its sixth printing (nee 1980), this volume provides an
architectural and social history of the turn-of-the-century, craftsman-style
American dream house in which an owner of modest means could live "simply
and artistically". California provided the perfect landscape- scenically,
economically, and socially- for the proliferation of examples ranging from
do-it-yourselfers and mass-produced builders' cottages to the sophisticated architectural
artifacts of the Greene brothers and the Heineman brothers.

Another
classic (1996) by Winter is “American Bungalow Style.” America once had a love affair with bungalows -- and it's
being rekindled coast to coast. This elegant book showcases exceptional
examples and features a catalogue of period furnishings.Adding to the book’s success are the remarkable
photographs of Alexander Verikoff,
one of the finest photographers of the revival period.

More
recently, the trendy Curbed, Los Angeles
blog conducted an interview with Mr. Winter, where new Trumpitecture is
discussed.